As the recent cold spell continues, last night saw some cold temperatures across the UK with widespread frost across parts of the country, with the coldest place being Shap, Cumbria where it fell to -7.0 °C.

The table below shows the top twenty coldest places recorded by the Met Office last night.

SITE NAME

AREA

MIN TEMPERATURE (celsius)

Shap

CUMBRIA

-7.0

Benson

OXFORDSHIRE

-6.7

Braemar

ABERDEENSHIRE

-6.6

Eskdalemuir

DUMFRIESSHIRE

-5.8

Ravensworth

NORTH YORKSHIRE

-5.8

Redesdale Camp

NORTHUMBERLAND

-5.8

Leeming

NORTH YORKSHIRE

-5.7

Carterhouse

ROXBURGHSHIRE

-5.7

Newton Rigg

CUMBRIA

-5.4

Bainbridge

NORTH YORKSHIRE

-5.2

Bridgefoot

CUMBRIA

-5.1

Pershore

HEREFORD & WORCESTER

-5.0

Tyndrum

PERTHSHIRE

-5.0

Keswick

CUMBRIA

-4.9

Hurn

DORSET

-4.8

Spadeadam

CUMBRIA

-4.7

Chillingham Barns

NORTHUMBERLAND

-4.7

Saughall

AYRSHIRE

-4.6

Topcliffe

NORTH YORKSHIRE

-4.6

Aboyne

ABERDEENSHIRE

-4.5

The tables below show a breakdown of the coldest three places for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

England

SITE NAME

AREA

MIN TEMPERATURE (celsius)

Shap

CUMBRIA

-7.0

Benson

OXFORDSHIRE

-6.7

Ravensworth

NORTH YORKSHIRE

-5.8

Scotland

SITE NAME

AREA

MIN TEMPERATURE (celsius)

Braemar

ABERDEENSHIRE

-6.6

Eskdalemuir

DUMFRIESSHIRE

-5.8

Carterhouse

ROXBURGHSHIRE

-5.7

Wales

SITE NAME

AREA

MIN TEMPERATURE (celsius)

Tredegar Bryn Bach Park

GWENT

-3.6

Libanus

POWYS

-3.3

Llysdinam

POWYS

-3.1

Northern Ireland

SITE NAME

AREA

MIN TEMPERATURE (celsius)

Katesbridge

DOWN

-3.5

Aldergrove

ANTRIM

-1.0

Lough Fea

LONDONDERRY

-0.7

The latest forecast from the Met Office shows that it is likely to stay cold with temperatures falling below freezing across many parts of the country over the next couple of night. Temperatures are expected to fall to similar lows tonight, with it perhaps a little colder still on Saturday night.